dry-wall

[ drahy-wawl ]
/ ˈdraɪˌwɔl /

verb (used with object)

to construct or renovate with dry wall: to dry-wall the interior of a house.

adjective

of, relating to, or having dry wall.

OTHER WORDS FROM dry-wall

dry·wall·er, noun

Words nearby dry-wall

dry-roasted, dry-rot, dry-salt, dry-shod, dry-stone, dry-wall, dryad, dryas, drybrush, dryden, dryer

Definition for dry-wall (2 of 2)

dry wall

noun Building Trades.

Also dry·wall.
  1. an interior wall or partition finished in a dry material, usually in the form of prefabricated sheets or panels nailed to studs, as distinguished from one that is plastered.
  2. a material, as wallboard or plasterboard, used for such a wall.
a masonry or stone wall laid up without mortar.

Origin of dry wall

1770–80, for earlier sense